These mobile Occupy Wall Street protesters hoped to gather supporters as they walk through New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, on their way to Washington for a protest planned for Nov. 23.

That’s the date for a congressional committee to decide whether to support President Obama’s extension of Bush-era tax cuts.

Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.

The march is a way to involve people for whom there wasn’t a defined role at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park in downtown, said Jason Coniglio, of Cranbury, one of the marchers.

Now, "we are looking to get people involved by taking it to the road," said Coniglio, 24, a trained accountant who said he graduated from Monmouth University in 2010.

Tonight, it mostly appeared to be working.

The group tried to interact with people it met along the way.

As they moved on, marchers called out they were headed to Washington. While waiting to cross a street, they became involved in debates with pedestrians. A firefighter leaned out the window of a passing firetruck and asked, "You guys Occupy Wall Street?"

But, a flash of a two-fingered peace sign to tired-looking commuters on a stopped NJ Transit bus was met with disinterested expressions.

Protesters head from Wall Street to Washington in 'Occupy the Highway' marchAn enthusiastic group of 25 Occupy Wall Street protestors left the movement's home base at Zuccotti Park in New York City Wednesday afternoon and embarked on one of the longest Occupy marches yet -- a two week trek to Washington. The group is planning to cover about 20 miles a day and aims to arrive in Washington by November 23, the day a Congressional committee will decide whether to let the Bush tax cuts expire. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)

The walkers hailed from several different states. Some were clean-cut, while others were unshaven and walked barefoot. One man pulled a carry-on sized suitcase on its wheels.

They are planning on staying tonight with supporters in New Brunswick and Elizabeth, which they reached about 9 p.m. But sleeping arrangements are less clear once they head southwest towards Trenton, Coniglio said.